Archive | OSX

“Today we are happy to announce the release of Things 2 for Mac, iPad, and iPhone – a free update for all existing users. And we are introducing a new service, Things Cloud, which keeps your to-dos updated across all your devices – also for free.” The most beautiful todo-application available if you use Mac […]

“If one edits a document, then chooses Save As, then BOTH the edited original document and the copy are saved, thus not only saving a new copy, but silently saving the original with the same changes, thus overwriting the original.” This is a really horrible implementation of Save As, let’s hope Apple considers this a […]

If you have an older Mac laptop (i.e. older than 18 months) you cannot run AirPlay Mirroring on it, the new screen sharing technique in OS X Mountain Lion. Instead you can run a software called AirParrot, which does the same thing with even more functionality. Check out this comparison between the two over at […]

Some great tips for Mountain Lion, OSX 10.8: Read: OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion, the Little Details (tidbits.com) Read: OS X 10.8: Getting the most from Mountain Lion (theverge.com) Read: How to bend Mountain Lion’s Notification Center to your will (arstechnica.com) Also, if you are an Xcode developer you should check this out as well: […]

If you are a 50 GB DropBox Pro user (like myself) and have (like myself) been looking at Google Drive due to its larger storage capacity for the same price, DropBox Pro will as of today double its Pro storage to 100 GB. Read: New Dropbox Pro plans! (blog.dropbox.com)

“Without having and using a real high-DPI computer, all you can do is add high-resolution images for the design you already have. You’ll miss the nuance of what looks good and what works well on a Retina Mac, because you won’t really be using one. Even an iPad 3 isn’t the same. It’s like designing iOS apps using only […]

Layer Cake is a lovely designed new application by macrabbit that looks more or less like a requirement if you are building retina-enabled web pages or applications for OSX or iOS in Photoshop. Read more: Layer Cake by macrabbit